John F. Kennedy (1917 – 63)
November 22, 1963…the day the dream died.
It’s been 50 years since that dreadful day in Dallas Dealey Plaza when President Kennedy was murdered in ambush in what we now know was a carefully crafted coup d'état.
Most Americans in ‘63 had lived through World War, economic depression and nervously waited-out a nuclear stand-off less than a year earlier,...

Super Swag Speaks Rozelle
Vince Lombardi (1913-70): the name is weighty. So much written, spoken of this man who came to define NFL’s decade of the 60s.
His bespectacled face and gap-toothed grin inspired, terrified and could drive big, burly men to tears. Through perseverance he overcame prejudice (Catholic-Italian) and then quickly turned a history laden but befuddled Packers’ franchise...

Aerial Artists vs. Mercury Men
Why two Conferences in the NFL? The simple answer: two places from which to draw our Super Bowl combatants.
Another might be is that they serve as good starting-point for League schedulers.
But what you may not realize it that the Conference alignment is a quaint reminder of the NFL’s tumultuous past when lucky fans in the 1960s enjoyed something called competit...

It’s a job that should come with a warning: “Careful what you wish for, you just might get it.”
The hours are long, there’s nearly no off-season, travel-time is taxing, fan-mail is sparse and the endless speeches, interviews & negotiations vacillate between dreary routine and stress-city.
But there is an upside.
The pay is sweet, prestige is high, there’s job security (if you keep...

Greatness has always been defined by the defeat of one’s most worthy adversaries. Throughout history and literature, there are countless examples of great foes who grappled tirelessly as both combatants had everything to lose and even more to gain. Montague vs. Capulet, King Henry VIII vs. Catholic Church, Ali vs. Frazer, Galileo vs. Inquisition or any number of examples from the Napoleonic...